Tokio Joe

I adore any of the «joes» for a good sushi meal. They are often quite full during the lunch hour rush and it’s best to book ahead.
They have a range of sets including sushi, sashimi, udon, tempura or grilled fish, so you can pretty much get whatever you’re looking for.
I highly recommend their tuna tartare or any spicy tuna roll. It’s like heaven in your mouth. The fish is always fresh, and they give you enough rice-​to-​fish to let you enjoy every single mouthwatering bite.
Yum.

So sushi here is pretty good, but the sushi set and edamame came to about 50 us dollars. I am not quite sure if I ever paid that much for a set in nyc, tokyo or anywhere else in the world. I have paid much more than 50 us dollars by ordering piece by piece or sashimi but not the sushi pré set and edamame… even at the tsukiji market tokyo, it was not that much.

I’m going to start bold. Best sushi I’ve ever eaten. Ever. Pretty bold right? I’ll also say that I’ve never been to Japan so I can’t compare to the sushi-​making gurus of that island. But from London to Hong Kong I cannot recall being more satisfied with the first bite of a wasabi/​soya sauced absorbed piece of rice and raw fish.
I was invited to the restaurant by my dad, another sushi lover that frequents Joe’s a couple times a week. Wisely he booked a spot at 12:30, going any later is a recipe for a heart break it’s that popular. My dad obviously knew his way around the popular place, greeting the staff warmly and being asked for the «usual». What a great feeling, I must say, when you can walk into a restaurant and just smile at one of the staff and say «Get me the usual.» And they know exactly what you mean. So, he got the usual and I didn’t know what to get from their extensive menu. The beef combo looked promising, but then again so did Joe’s Combo. I thought it was best to follow in my father’s footsteps as he had probably already filtered out the bad choices, or less good I should say. The two spicy combo rolls arrived about ten minutes later with a cupped shape bowl of miso soup. The dish consisted of three different types of rolls. I couldn’t figure out which was better, the tuna or the salmon — it didn’t matter because they were both on my plate!
The deliciousness of the food distracted me from inspecting the venue itself. On the way out I noticed that it was larger, bigger than I first thought, and extremely well maintained. The staff professional and the décor authentic. It hits a few rungs above the chain sushi restaurants, but because of such the wallet takes a few more hits as well! It’s well worth every penny and then some.